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The group was shocked at the disappearance of Seeker.

For a few seconds, there was silence.

"Well, you heard the man. I don't know about you guys, but my family is alive! I don't want to die here! If it's aliens, angels, or demons, I'd fight!" Ivan was the first to speak.

"Lim. You seem to be the smartest one around here. What are your thoughts?"

"Is your real name Tyre Embers?"

"Yes." Ivan answered without hesitation.

"He talked as if he knew us. He even mentioned things about my family. So… first of all, that Seeker Carlean ought to be telling the truth, or he was really in charge of everything that we have been going through. You could call it an experiment, but he made us into who we are right now. Next… I want to confirm with everybody. Did you feel the fear from him?"

"Yes… And there was a painful heat. I could feel it. I'm very sensitive to temperature changes. And when I got this power, it increased."

"Then him appearing before us was also real. We don't have time to talk about everything he just said. But what he showed us is something that is impossible. He was there, and then he wasn't. So I have to ask everyone now. Do we believe him, or do we don't believe him?"

"Do we have a choice? We all want to believe our parents are alive. Haven't you seen the news? The world is at war. That Crazy Carlean is probably- no, definitively involved in everything!" Will argued.

It was then that they noticed Epic drinking the blood on the floor.

"Epic?"

"He said that his blood is some magic stuff, right? If we believe him, shouldn't we drink his blood?" Epic argued.

Suarez laughed and went to drink some of the blood on the floor.

Soon everyone immediately did it.

"How do we get out of here? That door is tightly sealed!" Epic asked.

"We have six people with superhuman strength. We kick it together, and it should open up. But first, we have to think of a way to fight our way out of here without sinking the submarine.

"Submarine? We are all in a submarine?" Epic asked.

"No. Haven't you noticed? We are in a submarine."

"I didn't notice. I was unconscious when they sent me in here."

"Me too."

"Isn't it dangerous? Why would you be in a submarine? They want us to fight here?"

"We'll have to go out to see if the fight is here or not here. Either way, do any of you know how to drive a submarine?"

"It's not something a single person can drive."

"Then we either blow this place up and escape or fight our way and take control of this place to go to the surface. But I want to bring a sub to the surface."

"Then we do that. We fight our way out and try not to kill people and scare the enemies out." Ivan decided. 

"Alright. Lim's the strategist, somehow that Seeker knew I'd be the leader. What are you guys good at? If he's right, then we ought to be good at something."

"I can... read minds. Well, sort of. It's not clear, but there are times where I can just guess what the people around me want to do. Right now... after drinking his blood, I feel like we all got connected. We all want to see our family" Suarez answered.

"Read minds?" Epic was confused.

"Seeker implied it earlier." Lim added.

"I don't know what I'm good at." Fish sighed.

"I guess I'm good with computers." Will thought for a bit.

"I'm not sure what I'm good at either..." Epic sighed.

"Don't bother thinking about it. We will grow strong even if we're not right now." Ivan explained as he stood up.

"Let's go. We have aliens to kill!" Ivan ordered as he walked near the door.

"Together on three." Ivan marked as the others suddenly moved towards them.

"One- Two- Three!" Ivan roared as he delivered a powerful kick, and the others did so as well.

On another submarine a few hundred meters from the first...

"Great. I lost a kidney." Seeker complained. Blood and wounds were all over his body, and he was handed a strange pill by one of the soldiers nearby.

"Tell the captain to move ahead. The mission is complete." Seeker ordered one of the crew members, who immediately rushed off to inform the captain of the submarine.

A large buffet stood before him, and he began to eat. Around him were several unfamiliar people. Some of them had fins on the side of their necks.

"And as I was saying... before we were rudely interrupted..." A tall and strict woman with glasses peered over to Seeker.

"The food supply that we have in store would be safely provided the enemy doesn't know where it is from. The question remains as to how we can deliver it to the surface or any other locations."

"Madam... That's Seeker Carlean. He alone can destroy our Underwater City." A man nearby explained.

"I know. But what of it? He won't be able to survive without food to eat."

"Actually we did." Seeker smiled.

"Deteriorating sciences that could break down the metal and various compounds. Most of the food supply was given to all Unlocked who could eat two times a normal man, and some like me could even eat a buffet like this without any problem. It was poison, but an Unlocked body can resist a wider array of poisons." Seeker laughed.

The woman frowned.

"Seeker Carlean. We have allowed our city to ally with yours only because you are some of the sprouted seeds the Progenitor left behind. If the threat of the Aragarians is as severe as you claim, then we will live the fighting to you and continue to produce and capture sea life for your armies to fight back. So please have respect for our presentation as you will desperately need us to feed you."

"You misunderstand. This meeting, and this entire relocation of you in the South Americas and how Unlocked Industries will fund the creation of under Underwater City isn't to ensure your ability to produce food for us. It's quite the opposite. We have to discuss how to create a science that can destroy one-third of the sea and create a food crisis." Seeker smiled.

Everyone's faces changed.

"What?"

"See, Harker? This is why I told you a lie and only drop the bomb now." Seeker smiled.

Harker, who was seated next to Seeker, also frowned.

"Destroy a third of the sea?"

"Yup. The more we learned about the future direction of this world, and going by Eagle's sermons on Revelation, the more it makes sense to this." 

"A third of the sea?"

"Yup. It's all part of the plan. The Earth has Presiders and will be building their Babels or Babylon cities. For us land dwellers, it's best to toss away the current world map that we know. In a matter of months and even weeks, new cities will arise. The secret cities on outer space will also begin to act. And with it, the Aragarians will also use the sudden pilgrimage of those who fled to space will return."

"Wait. The conspiracy theory about the humans who fled the Earth during the Third World War is true?"

"Yes. In my timeline, one of the delightful supports, when the Aragarians appeared, was the space force that harassed the Aragarian space force. But of course, they only bought us a few hours and took away a small number of enemies."

"They assaulted the Aragarians? Then that means..."

"You guessed it. The Progenitor set them. I never got to meet them and only learned about them through the battle reports. We don't know how much help they offered because we only know of them because of their history. My master is preparing to find them, of course. But even then, it will be too impossible. So that's why we create an event that will draw them out and something that will also greatly change the shape of the world to gather our group and the enemy."

"An event that draws out those Space Dwellers and creates both the Cities of Refuge and the Babel Towers? So our solution is to destroy a third of the sea?" Harker asked again for clarity.

"Not just a third of the sea. We're going full Revelation 8 here. Now the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. The first angel blew his trumpet, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and these were thrown upon the Earth. And a third of the Earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up. The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea, and a third of the sea became blood. A third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the water, because it had been made bitter."

"You plan to destroy... two-thirds of the sea?"

"Nope. One third. You're confusing the other third of waters for the rivers. Basically, we need to create something that will poison the freshwater supply of the Earth. To achieve that, we need to find a way to detect the world of it's desalting stations." Seeker explained.

"You're insane." One of the men seated around the table exclaimed. He had fins of different sorts compared to the lady that acted rudely towards Seeker.

"Well... Technically, I am clinically insane."

"This is... you're crazy! I thought we are going to save the world! You're destroying it!"

"No. I'm shaping it. If the Aragarians are in this world, their allies will be granted Aragarian tech. You've seen from the videos what a Top-Tier Aragarian can do. They can outfit normal people to have weapons that can easily kill the Unlocked. And so the best way is to do what the Bible has been talking about! The Harvest!"

"The Harvest?" Another woman with strange gills asked again.

"It's a long story. But basically, we will force the world to pick aside. Will they go to a City of Refuge, or will they build the tower that defies God? Will they go to Jerusalem or Babylon? Those are the options. You Underwater Cities which Eagle strangely refers to as shipmasters and seafaring men will also be given that choice. We are forcing you to side with the Cities of Refuge. But most of the Underwater Cities will go with Babylon."

"You will kill billions by this crazy act! I have fled from the surface because of its cruelty. Now you, force me to serve you, you who is ten times worse than those above? What differentiates you from these Aragarians? What?"

"My friend, you don't understand. They will have a choice. Eagle will be preaching and using his powers that beguile and convince people. He will use religion, the one thing that the Aragairans are trying to eliminate in this world. If they chose the city of Babylon, you would see for yourself how cruel it will be. These events will bring out the worst and best of the people. And that day is coming when the deaths of those who chose Babylon will not disgust you. You will rejoice." Seeker explained.

"I will never rejoice at the death of humans!"

Seeker smiled.

It was then everyone felt it. The boiling anger caused everyone at the table to tremble and gnash their teeth.

The anger was so great that they began to smash the table with their fist.

Only Harker was unaffected. Even the other Unlocked serving near the table had very ugly expressions.

And then, it was gone.

"Trust me. You will rejoice at the deaths of these humans. Now, Madam Seafarer. While your plans are novel and honestly unique and can honestly be used in that time to come, let's save it for later. As the masters of the sea, tell me.... How will I destroy a third of it?"